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Sept. 12, 2022 Dear students, faculty, and staff: As the academic year begins, we’d like to share updates on campus-wide initiatives to support and improve our community’s well-being in response to recommendations from the Mental Health Review (MHR). Following the 2020 Final Report, we have implemented dozens of improvements including promoting social connectedness and belonging…

Aug. 19, 2021 Dear Cornell Community, A new academic year is about to begin, and we’d like to extend a warm welcome to the newest members of our Cornell community, and to all returning students, staff and faculty. Today we are pleased to share two new developments related to the campus Mental Health Review—a multi-year…

Feb. 16, 2021 Dear Ithaca Campus Community, In October of last year, we released the final report from a year-long Mental Health Review, an effort that built upon longstanding work to examine and address mental health at Cornell. The review examined our campus culture, environment, academic root causes, strategies, and services in relation to student…

Oct. 22, 2020 Dear Ithaca Campus Community, In the fall of 2018, President Pollack initiated a comprehensive review of student mental health. This initiative reflected the university’s commitment to promoting health and well-being as a foundation for academic and life success for all students. It also built upon the recommendations of the Presidential Task Force…